Tophat665

That the question is wrong is probably the answer. It's very like - If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? The question is wrong, because at a minimum there are other trees to hear it. Or it could be one of those questions like, If an airplane crashes on an international border, where do they bury the survivors?

While it is ture that only light travels always at the speed of light, I am unconvinced that there isn't a combination of frames of reference wherein a physical object travels at the speed of light orthagonal to a particular frame of reference. That said, the whole Bowl shaped aspect of the question would go away because the object moving at the speed of light would have a length = 0, so, even assuming that things did work where light hitting it would be reflected so as to move with a speed of zero relative to the mirror (which I do understand would not be the case), it would not pool, as the mirror would be flat.

Bear in mind, this question came up when my granddad tried to explain relativity to me when I was about 9 or 10. Of course I didn't understand it at the time, but the question has stuck with me as the touchstone of my understanding of the concept. I figure if I can ever visualize it I will be able to say I have a basic understanding of how this all actually works. It's equally likely that there is no way to even approximately visualize this situation, and it's a fool's game.

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